Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Israel Intercepts Sumud Flotilla; Corbyn's New Party w/ Ryan Grim, Natasha Hakimi Zapata | MR Live YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder

Catch me on @majorityreport.bsky.social talking to the wonderful @emmavigeland.bsky.social about Corbyn, Starmer, Farage and the current chaos of British politics:

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¿Una nueva izquierda para Gran Bretaña? | Nueva Sociedad Keir Starmer llegó al poder con la promesa de poner fin a más de una década de gobiernos conservadores. Pero el giro a la derecha de su gestión acentuó el desencanto con el laborismo. En ese terreno s...

Lee mi más reciente artículo sobre el nuevo partido de izquierda en Gran Bretaña ahora en la revista Nueva Sociedad:
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Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.

As Keir Starmer purges the left and dances to Nigel Farage’s xenophobic tune, I look at how Labour's mounting failures created an opening for @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social @zarahsultana.bsky.social to found a new left-wing party. Check out my latest for @thenation.com

Revolution, Not Patches: Reviewing "Another World is Possible" by Natasha Hakimi Zapata (2025) (Photo of Natasha Hakimi Zapata, left, and the cover of Another World is possible, right.

Recently read #AnotherWorldisPossible by @natashakimiz.bsky.social - it is equal parts inspiring, challenging, hopeful, and actionable. It’s the perfect book for the current moment - highly recommend to the other freedom dreamers out there.

Read my full review on Substack ❤️

This episode was fascinating - so many examples of countries who took big steps to improve the lives of their people.

This is an INCREDIBLE episode. Why do 80% of people in Singapore live in government-built housing? Why is graduate school free in Finland? Why does over 98% of Uruguay run on renewable energy?? Absolutely LOVED this. open.spotify.com/episode/3R5s...

I’m looking forward to diving into @natashakimiz.bsky.social ‘s debut book, full of real-world examples that democratic socialist policies can (and do) work.

Beyond thrilled to announce ANOTHER CITY IS POSSIBLE (a follow up of sorts to my first book on progressive policies through a more local lens) is forthcoming from @thenewpress.bsky.social ! So grateful to Marc Favreau, Rob McQuilkin, and everyone at The New Press and MMQALit.

Fantastic conversation with Vincent Bevins and packed audience last night in London's Libreria for the UK launch of Another World Is Possible ( @thenewpress.bsky.social )

A great evening with @natashakimiz.bsky.social with her really hopeful book ‘Another World Is Possible’
* UK’s universal healthcare
* Finland’s universal public education
* Singapore’s affordable housing for all
* Norway’s equalising childcare responsibilities and parental leave

"Hakimi Zapata asks us not to despair no matter how dire circumstances may be, and draws examples from around the world to remind us that change is achievable."

Read Yassmin Abdel-Magied's interview w/ @natashakimiz.bsky.social about ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE!

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As the federal gov attempts to decimate much-needed programs, we more than ever need to not only protect our ability to get citizen-led initiatives on state ballots, but also ensure that politicians do not undermine the democratic will of the people they purport to represent once measures pass.

Bernie and AOC, Put Your Platform on the Ballot Bernie and AOC have a national platform, an energized base, and the infrastructure to gather small donations. Now they need winnable policies to back. It seems impossible in the MAGA-controlled govern...

When I'm asked why I have hope that the progressive policies I report on in my book *Another World Is Possible* have a fighting chance in the US, I point to these sort of egalitarian/redistributive citizen-led initiatives, which, Ben Case writes, pass 75% of the time: jacobin.com/2025/05/sand...

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them. In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power t...

If you live in states like Missouri, Alaska, Nebraska and others that passed progressive measures like paid sick leave through citizen-led initiatives, beware of how Republicans are actively undermining / dismantling this form of direct democracy:
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YouTube video by Current Affairs How Other Countries Solved What America Won’t (w/Natasha Hakimi Zapata)

Had such a great conversation with @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social for @currentaffairs.bsky.social . Check out the full interview at the link and keep your eyes peeled for my piece in the print May/June edition of CA:
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THIS is what I mean when I say over and over again Americans are getting a bad deal. In the wealthiest country in the history of the planet, how is it that 2/3 of the population can't afford to get by?!

(I say he--but obviously Mujica did not do this alone, as I clearly outline in the excerpt. He was, however, instrumental.)

While, of course, Harris did not have the opportunity to put the key lesson in this article into practice, it's something the center-left in both the US and UK still desperately need to learn.

The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris Like the Tories, the new Labour government wants to blame immigration for Britain’s current troubles, but these have less to do with immigration than with deprivation.

Honored to be nominated for a Southern California Journalism Award by the @lapressclub.bsky.social in the immigration reporting category for my @thenation.com piece "The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.

Uruguay’s late former President Pepe Mujica did so much for Uruguay, including lifting thousands out of poverty during his tenure and playing a critical role in the country’s record-breaking renewable energy transition
@thenation.com @thenewpress.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Do you believe that Another World is Possible?

Join us for an author reading and Q&A with @natashakimiz.bsky.social to talk about her book ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Lessons for America From Around the Globe.

This conversation takes place on May 18th at 1PM CT
Register here - bit.ly/FBCawip

“one of the most obvious answers to the city’s deepening housing crisis remains absent from plans and political promises: public housing.”

To Rebuild Post-Fire, Los Angeles Should Look to Singapore Months after the fires, Los Angeles is beginning to rebuild, but current proposals don’t address the city’s long-standing housing issues. LA should emulate Singapore, which took a devastating fire as ...

In my latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social I write about how the most obvious answer to Los Angeles' deepening housing crisis remains absent from post-fire plans and political promises: public housing.

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Creating a crisis to sell the solution. The Shock Doctrine on steroids

AWIP's Norway chapter on paid parental leave (specifically its "daddy quota") gets a nice long shoutout in this excellent @jacobinmag.bsky.social piece by Meagan Day

Maybe try this for a bit rather than capitulating to the far right every chance you get…

What a polarized U.S. might learn from other countries in 'Another World is Possible' Journalist Natasha Hakimi Zapata's book “Another World is Possible” explores what the U.S. could learn about ways to tackle issues such as inequality, health care and homelessness from innovative solu...

Listen to an interview with ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE author @natashakimiz.bsky.social on @wbur.org's On Point about the lessons the U.S. can learn from other countries about how to tackle issues such as inequality, health care and homelessness ow.ly/9zLy50VlKoO

Wow. No wonder so many Zoomers have slipped into irony, post-truth, and nihilism. Dark times.

congratulations to john roberts who is as responsible for the current state of affairs as any single person in the country

No, average Americans don't need to pay more than we already do to have better public services and programs like universal health care, paid parental leave, and more ... Mythbusting and more over at @jacobinmag.bsky.social with the inimitable Meagan Day.